Basic information about Mashan

A town below the ancient city of Jingzhou.

Mashan Town, Jingzhou District, Jingzhou City is located in the northwest of the urban area. The remaining veins of Jingshan Mountain pass by and the Juzhang River flows around the town. Surrounded by North Lake, South Lake and Taihu Port, it has beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. The town has jurisdiction over 14 villages, 1 neighborhood committee, and 94 villager groups, with a total number of 8,000 households and a total population of 33,000. It has a land area of ??131.43 square kilometers, including 66,000 acres of cultivated land and 35,000 acres of water area. In 2007, the town's total industrial and agricultural output value was 296 million yuan, fiscal revenue was 1.03 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 4,150 yuan.

Mashan Town is an ancient town in Jingchu. With a history of more than 2,000 years, the ancient site of Yinxiang City is located in the third group of Yinxiang City Village, about 34 kilometers away from Jingzhou City. It belongs to the early period of Qujialing culture. It is said that the remaining area of ??the early ruins of Chu State is about 200,000 square meters. The current height of the city wall is 4-6.5 meters, and the widest point is 46 meters. It is one of the eight prehistoric cities discovered so far in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

In January 1982, a batch of silk, gauze, Luo, brocade and other silk embroideries from the middle and late Warring States Period were unearthed from the Chu Tomb No. 1 of the former Mashan Brick and Tile Factory in Jiangling County, including clothes, trousers, Quilts, ribbons and other finished products. Some of these silk fabrics are as thin as cicada wings and as light as cage smoke; some are embroidered with lifelike birds and animals; some are bright and colorful; some have an unimaginable warp and weft density, denser than today's parachutes. Silk fabrics are rich in protein and are extremely difficult to preserve for long periods of time. The silk fabrics unearthed from Mashan Tomb No. 1 can be called "the best" for their early age, large quantity, good preservation, and superb craftsmanship. Jingzhou Museum is also known as the "Treasure House of Silk" for this reason.